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title: "42 U.S.C. § 1778"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 1778 - Nonprofit programs

## Text

The food and milk service programs in schools and nonprofit institutions receiving assistance under this chapter shall be conducted on a nonprofit basis.

(Pub. L. 89–642, § 9, Oct. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 888.)